Booth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural booths [boothz, booths]. /buðz, buθs/.
  1. a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair.
  2. a small compartment or boxlike room for a specific use by one occupant: The customs officer came out of his booth as we drove up.There aren’t many telephone booths around anymore.
  3. a small, temporary structure used by voters at elections.
  4. a partly enclosed compartment or partitioned area, as in a restaurant or music store, equipped for a specific use by one or more persons.
  5. a temporary structure of any material, as boughs, canvas, or boards, used especially for shelter; shed.
noun
  1. founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).
  2. U.S. actor (brother of John Wilkes Booth).
  3. general of the Salvation Army 1934–39 (daughter of William Booth).
  4. U.S. actor: assassin of Abraham Lincoln (brother of Edwin Thomas Booth).
  5. English actor (father of Edwin and John Booth).
  6. English religious leader: founder of the Salvation Army 1865.
  7. general of the Salvation Army (son of William Booth).
  8. a male given name.
noun plural booths (buːðz)
  1. a stall for the display or sale of goods, esp a temporary one at a fair or market
  2. a small enclosed or partially enclosed room or cubicle, such as one containing a telephone (telephone booth) or one in which a person casts his or her vote at an election (polling booth)
  3. two long high-backed benches with a long table between, used esp in bars and inexpensive restaurants
  4. (formerly) a temporary structure for shelter, dwelling, storage, etc
noun
  1. Edwin Thomas, son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1833–93, US actor
  2. John Wilkes, son of Junius Brutus Booth. 1838–65, US actor; assassin of Abraham Lincoln
  3. Junius Brutus (ˈdʒuːnɪəs ˈbruːtəs). 1796–1852, US actor, born in England
  4. William . 1829–1912, British religious leader; founder and first general of the Salvation Army (1878)
Booth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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